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'In the last federal election, an unfortunately large number of Green supporters decided, at the last minute, to vote for some other party and candidate. Faced with the possibility – in many cases a non-risk – of a Conservative MP taking the riding in which they lived, about half of our supporters decided, in the last seven days of the campaign, not to vote Green. NDP and Liberal strategists were masterful in using the fear factor to reduce our vote.

'Many friends of mine suffer from SVRS. Wade Davis, a brilliant and world-renowned author and anthropologist, had abandoned his support of the Green Party when Justin Trudeau persuaded him to introduce and endorse the Liberal leader at the event in Vancouver to launch the Liberal environment platform. Wade will never do so again. The approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline and the Squamish LNG plant at the head of Howe Sound were profoundly anti-environment decisions, taken in defiance of the evidence.

'Another SVRS victim is David Suzuki. In endorsing the BC Green Party in the spring election, David spoke at rally after rally. His message was clear. In 2015, he voted "strategically" for the first time in his life. He voted Liberal believing Trudeau would bring in fair voting. Effective voting means the world to David, especially as Japanese-Canadians were denied the right to vote for so long. He told rallies "I really regret not helping Elizabeth in 2015. I will never vote strategically again!"

'Across the country I hear the same words from recovering victims of SVRS: "If we want Green policies, we have to vote Green!"' ...

*/ Dear Fellow Greens, I am so grateful for your commitment to my work and to the Green Party of Canada. I can almost feel the loving energy sent my way by supporters across Canada. Still, sometimes, sitting alone in Parliament, it is easy to wonder if I am making a difference.